The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-10
COMPETING wlrn MONOPOLY.
I,radford's Delegate Presents tho Case Of a

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MlxSxAroLls, Oct. S.-Soon after tho
convention opened this morning, Thomas
II. Lowry, Of Dla.rict Ill, Bradford, Pa,
moved to suspond the rnles in order to DO !
given timo 10 read On appeal on the oper.
atoms Of the Standard OIL monopoly.
Tho motion was carried and the paper |
read by Mr.. lowry. 1t was Of cons!dera.
bic leDg.a; and referred In nnmeasured
termS To the operations oil the monopoly
mentioned, aud will DO keynote for the
other pspssa Of similar nature to bs pre-
sented.' Tho following 10 tho appeal by
tho Knights Of Labor Cooperative Oil Rs.
fniug Company: 1ita
CLEAN, N. Y, August 20.
To he 0etts and Delegates fths Genera! Assembly:
Firmly believing that the ultimate cue.
GEES Of our enterprire In the interest," OF the
common brotherhood, and relying as we
munt on the Knights OF Labor Tor patron
age and support, therefore we appeal 10
this assembly for recognition and recon-.
mendatlon 10 tho order everywhere to
purchase our oil wherever 1t can be had,
and make a demand on dealers for such
goods. II tho dealern will not aupply the
oil, then wo ank the assemblies every.
where to aks action tho room, and order
for their own use, thereby creating de-
mand Tor our oil. Remember, we are at
tempting to compete with tho as,ongest
and most uuHcrupulous monopoly In the
world. Thoy haye caused the surrender
OF a greater number OF oil retnefies and
cottonwood oil plants than ell other mo.
nopolies combined.
The number OF petroleum oil retiners In
Pennsylvania bankrup.co, quaahed Out,
bought up, leessd and dlsmantled, en-.
braccs II. A lat OF cottonseed oil manu-.
American CottonseGd Oil Trust, that Ia
owned ind controlled by the Standard OIL
Company, shows q total OF Oh. l con iur.
niah the names Of theas firms II neceEsa-
ry. At tho rate they have bean able 10
crush out all competitions In the past ten
ycaIs, they will, unless come Hyatem Of re.
asraint can DO adopted. own or control In
Twenty years threo.fourthB OF oil the rail-
roads and manufacturing enterprises in
| the United States. In TACT, they now con.
.yol legislation in several States regarding
the transportation Of oil, and have pocket.
ed and arc pocketng millions year at
the expense OF the producer and con.
Iaumer. We AJAX you rs mombera OF our
common brotherhood to take such action
40 will ecem consistent under tho circum.
atauceC. L.O. PIT,
5,5s President, and other officers.
The appeal was received with applause
and cheers, cat.csl!s, cries OF "DoWn with
them," etc, and was placed in the hands
OF the Committee on Distribution. It
will be Endorsed unanimously.
Mr.. Noyes, Chairman CT the Committee
on Couspiracie5, then resumed hin report.
| This wr5 quito exciting in tenor, and gave
rise to much spirited talk on tho part Of
| O'Reiley, OF New York, and Secretary
Litchman. OF Massachusetts. The latter
said that Jay Gould had grown 80 power.
full that he would stop ct nothing. He
had absorbed the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail.
way and certain new telegraph Inca and
II no saw tit he could defeat any laws or
legislation passed by the Legislature Of
any State in the country. The discussion
upon consplrecies occupied the remainder
OF the morning gession..
There wsa no session OF General Assem-.
bly, Z. of L. this of:ernoon, bu. tho var
1ars committees were exceeding busy pre-.
pairing Tor presentation to the convention
the documents and resolutions handed in
yesterday and today. In the evening an
open meeting for the discuseion Of the
land question was attended by about fifty
knsghte aed soma twenty-five spoke on
the subjsct. Tho land theories Of Henry
Gsorse was talked over. Next week the
topics OF anarchy and Henry Gsorgsism
will bs discussed in similar meetings. .